"Brace yourself for a totally new experience in cutting-edge animation. Based on the classic comic created by Osamu Tezuka, written by Japanese anime legend Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira) and directed by Rintaro (Galaxy Express 999), Metropolis is a spectacular film featuring stunning imagery and unforgettable characters.
"In the industrial, tri-level world of Metropolis, Duke Red is a powerful leader with plans to unveil a highly advanced robot named Tima. But Duke Red's violent son Rock distrusts robots, and intends to find and destroy Tima. Lost in the confusing labyrinth beneath Metropolis, Tima is beginning a friendship with the nephew of a Japanese detective. But when Duke Red separates the two innocents, Tima's life - and the fate of the universe - is dangerously at stake."
Credits
Original work: Osamu Tezuka
Director: Rintaro
Screenplay: Katsuhiro Otomo
Character design: Yasuhiro Nakura
Art Director: Shuichi Hirata
Music: Toshiyuki Honda
Copyright: Tezuka Productions/Metropolis Committee
VHS version:
Language: English
Label: Columbia Tristar Home Video
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: PG
Catalogue no: CVR32739
Price: £9.99
Release Date: 22nd July 2002
DVD version:
Includes trailers, Animax special: The Making of Metropolis, filmmaker interviews, two
animation comparisons, photo gallery, history of Metropolis comic book, filmographies
Language: English, Japanese and Russian with optional English, Russian,
Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Icelandic, Hebrew, Bulgarian,
Turkish, Danish or Swedish subtitles.
Label: Columbia Tristar Home Video
Running time: 104 mins
Certificate: PG
Catalogue no: CDR32739
Price: £19.99
Release Date: 22nd July 2002